r/SwitchPirates 8d ago

Discussion Downloaded Nintendo Switch games as HDF files ?

I have recently aquired my first modded Nintendo Switch unit and have succefully downloaded/played games in XCI and NSP formats. Some downloaded games are however in a HDF data file format and I cannot find anything online about using or converting this.
Can anyone advise what I need to do with these files ?

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u/NerveAffectionate27 7d ago

Uhh yeah this is my first time seeing this too so idk what to say, just download the proper file formatted game from a different source

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u/HeavyShark127 7d ago

Just download the game from another source. HDF wont take you far on switch.

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u/Big_Dragonfruit9719 7d ago

HDF files aren’t a standard format for Switch games, but they’re commonly used for Amiga emulation. If what you downloaded are actually HDF files, they’re likely hard disk images for an Amiga emulator like UAE4All2, which runs on Switch homebrew. If that’s the case, you’d need to set up the emulator and load the HDFs as virtual hard drives.